1. relating to or characterized by disomy; having two copies of a particular chromosome instead of the normal pair in a diploid organism.
Usage: genetics; technical

Examples

• The disomic condition in this cell line resulted from an unusual chromosomal duplication event.
• Researchers studied disomic organisms to understand how extra chromosome copies affect gene expression.
• The patient's disomic state for chromosome 21 contributed to the observed phenotype.
• Disomic analysis revealed the presence of two complete copies of the target chromosome.